Population: 38,654,561 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.35% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 13.44 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.66 years
male: 68.64 years
female: 76.91 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.94 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Pole(s)
adjective: Polish

Ethnic divisions: Polish 97.6%, German 1.3%, Ukrainian 0.6%, Byelorussian 0.5% (1990 est.)

Religions: Roman Catholic 95% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and other 5%

Languages: Polish

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1978)
total population: 98%
male: 99%
female: 98%
Labor force: 17.329 million
by occupation: industry and construction 32.0%, agriculture 27.6%, trade, transport, and communications 14.7%, government and other 24.6% (1992)

NOTE: The information regarding Poland on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Poland People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Poland People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.